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Feeling under Pressure and Stressed? These Action Items Can Help.

Written by Mary Lou von Wyl

When you were a kid, did you use the word ‘stress’? Did you talk about stress when you were in school? What did you and your friends say when you talked about having too much homework to do and not enough time to do it? Or when you had to run home to make sure you were there in time for dinner? What did you say when you wanted to talk about your teacher and your parents demanding things of you? Did you talk about feeling stressed?

It seems that somewhere along the timeline of our lives, we start using the word ‘stress’ to describe situations like those above.

Effective Communication Can Change Your Life.

We live in the world of Internet and communication via phones or other technologically advanced devices. Unfortunately, the consequences are, we no longer know how to communicate with our peers and often run into problems that would have never arisen should we have spoken to the diverse parties directly.

‘The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.’ George Bernard Shaw

Work-Life Balance: Seven tips applicable today.

What if you could have the perfect work-life balance?

Many of us struggle to find a good balance between work and time spent with our loved ones or simply doing what we love. Many of us burn out before we hit the 40-year-old mark. What if this could be avoided?

‘Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.’
Confucius

When you keep your confidence high, nothing can stop you. Most importantly, no one will be able to stop you.

Confidence is a word that is thrown around a lot to justify some people’s actions. ‘He has no confidence in you, that’s why he didn’t want to work on this project with you’. Saying this is supposed to make it all ok. The truth is that we lack self-confidence so much that there is just no way we can manage certain tasks or projects because we do not deem ourselves worthy. The truth be told, we should all have confidence in ourselves before we even try to have confidence in someone else.

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Mindfulness

“You will never have more time than you do right now.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn retweet

Mindfulness, because we all deserve to be at peace with ourselves…

In the social media age, technology advances every minute. In the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives, we are more stressed than in the past. Everyone seems to be complaining that they do not have enough time in the day to do all the work that needs to be done. They are close to being ‘burnt out’. Even when they go on holidays some people can’t stop and relax because work is constantly calling them.